MechanicalMechatronics Engineer (all roles)

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 19 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Our Team

Chef Robotics is on a mission to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines in the physical world. As the rise of LLMs like ChatGPT has shown AI has the potential to drive immense change. However we believe AIs biggest impact will be in the physical world given industries like manufacturing food and transportation represent 90% of global GDP. Were starting with food with a goal to put an intelligent robot in every commercial kitchen in the world. We have signed multiple multi-year contracts with various large food companies and we are growing fast. Were backed by investors like Kleiner Perkins Construct Bloomberg BETA and Promus Ventures. We have a great team where you will be surrounded by talented engineers and tech leaders from companies like Cruise Zoox Google Verb Surgical Tesla Nuro Vicarious Amazon Robotics Strateos Built Robotics Facebook Plenty Yelp and Microsoft.

Our ideal candidate has a strong mechanical engineering background specific to the robotics industry!

You will

Design and build various mechanical/mechatronics components for automated control systems and robotics
Design end effectors and manipulation systems
Work with multiple teams to create analyze and develop mechanical and industrial designs for the Chef System.
Do systems integration to create a full robotic system
Work in the Chef lab to design prototype test and launch various mechanical and industrial components.
Engage with vendors to identify select and source materials for mechatronic system designs.
Design and build processes to test systems and conduct reliability testing; conduct studies to determine the feasibility costs or performance benefits of new mechatronic equipment.

You have

Shipped hardware to production
BS MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
5 years on-the-job work experience in mechanical design or robotics.
Proficiency in SolidWorks CAD CAM solid modeling surface modeling and sheet metal.
Proficiency with fabrication drawings 2D drawings and knowledge of GD&T.
Accomplished the full product cycle - from conceptualization to design to release to redesign.
Strong understanding of FEA risk analysis solid mechanics heat and stress transfer simulation.

You are (Optional)

Experienced with early start-ups or the food and beverage industry.
Experienced with PLCs ubuntu depth cameras.
Familiar with the Robot Operating System (ROS) Python Arduino C or Electromechanical system design.
Familiar with thermodynamics.

$50000 - $150000 a year

Generous 401k (we will match up to 4% of your salary) fantastic health benefits and meaningful equity (ISOs) in a company with unlimited potential!

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex gender identity and expression sexual orientation national origin ancestry citizen status uniform service member and veteran status marital status age pregnancy status protected medical condition genetic information disability or any other protected status.

Multiple studies have found that a higher percentage of women and BIPOC candidates wont apply if they dont meet every listed qualification. Chef values candidates of all backgrounds. If you find yourself excited by our mission but you dont check every box in the description we encourage you to apply anyway!

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

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About Our TeamChef Robotics is on a mission to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines in the physical world. As the rise of LLMs like ChatGPT has shown AI has the potential to drive immense change. However we believe AIs biggest impact will be in the physical world given industries like manuf...